Even though we had fewer number of deals compared to the week prior, interest for second-hand tonnage remains vivid across both the tanker and dry bulk sectors, with MR candidates still feeling a lot of love by tanker Buyers, while revived appetite for Capes remains vivid albeit it is still insignificant compared to that for smaller dry bulk vessels.
The weekly sale and purchase report by Intermodal Research & Valuations features secondhand sales market prices for crude oil- and oil product tankers, dry bulk carriers, container ships and gas tankers.

Low water levels on the Rhine have remained a persistent problem for the European commodity markets since the summer, forcing many refineries and industrial plants to reduce production, and in some cases to declare force majeure. Whilst most industries would have expected and planned for such lows over the summer months, few would have expected these levels to persist, and indeed worsen as the markets move deeper into winter. Indeed, just as one might have seasonally expected levels to rise, they receded.
The weekly tanker market report by Gibson Shipbrokers features an overview of the crude oil and oil product tanker market.

The global production of steel dropped in 2015 compared to 2014, to a larger extent outside China, as China exported its surplus of steel to destinations across the globe; it is too complex to single out whether this is positive or negative for the seaborne dry bulk transport demand.